US 12,245,713 B2Granted

Body pillow

AssigneeFridababy, LLC

InventorsStella Lee, Chelsea Hirschhorn

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Abstract

A body pillow has an elongate body formed around an axis. An outer cover of the pillow includes a stretchy circumferential band of material disposed around the axis and to be spaced from either end of the pillow. Ends of first and second inner pillows are disposed near or under the circumferential band. The user may helically twist the body of the pillow around the axis at the circumferential band. Doing so separates the inner pillows and increases their firmness. An inner side of the outer cover may be made of a stretchy fabric that conforms to the body of the user, while outer side may be composed mostly of nonstretch material to retain the pillows' shape. The twisted and nontwisted configurations of the pillow make it an effective sleeping aid for expecting mothers during different stages of their pregnancies.

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Dependent claims

A body pillow comprising:

an elongate outer cover defining a pillow body, the pillow body formed along a longitudinal axis, the outer cover having a first end disposed on the axis and a second end disposed on the axis to be remote from the first end;
the outer cover having a circumferential band formed around the axis, the circumferential band spaced from the first end of the outer cover and from the second end of the outer cover and composed of a stretch fabric;
a first inner pillow disposed inside of the outer cover, a first end of the first inner pillow disposed to be near the first end of the outer cover, a second end of the first inner pillow remote from the first end of the first inner pillow disposed to be near the circumferential band;
a second inner pillow disposed inside of the outer cover, a first end of the second inner pillow disposed to be near the circumferential band, a second end of the second inner pillow remote from the first end of the second inner pillow disposed to be near the second end of the outer cover;
wherein
the body pillow is capable of assuming each of a nontwisted configuration and a twisted configuration, wherein in the nontwisted configuration the outer cover is not helically twisted about the axis, and the second end of the first inner pillow is at a first distance from the first end of the second inner pillow;
and
wherein, in the twisted configuration, the outer cover is helically twisted about the axis at the circumferential band, and the second end of the first inner pillow is at a second distance from the first end of the second inner pillow, the second distance being greater than the first distance.

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A body pillow comprising:

an elongate outer cover defining a pillow body, the pillow body formed along a longitudinal axis;
the outer cover having an inner side for facing the user and an outer side for positioning remote from the user, the inner side extending from a first side margin of the outer cover to a second side margin of the outer cover opposed to the first side margin, a first fabric making up at least a majority of the inner side, the first fabric being a stretch fabric;
the outer side extending from the first side margin to the second side margin, a second fabric making up at least a majority of the outer side, the second fabric being a nonstretch fabric, wherein the outer cover has a first end disposed on the axis and a second end disposed on the axis to be remote from the first end, the outer cover tapering from the second end to the first end.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.